Senior Platform Engineer

Business Unit: Technology Operations & Cyber Security
Salary range: 33600 - 42400 per annum DOE
Location: Hybrid - with occasional travel to a UK Virgin Money Hub location when required
Contract type: Permanent Full time

Our Team

Our Platform as a Service (PaaS) team holds a pivotal position in shaping the future of our platform services in VMs Technology Estate defining and executing the strategic vision for our PaaS offerings ensuring scalability efficiency and innovation in our platform services.

As part of PaaS Windows Server Team this role will collaborate with technology and project teams to ensure that change within our environment is managed core aspect of your role will cover the 3^rd line support of enterprise services delivered to Virgin Money internal and external customers hosted on Windows Server Physical and Virtual Infrastructure. Vulnerability Management Security update scheduling and deployment of updates to the Windows server estate is a key part of the role so experience in this area is expected.

Alongside support requirements you will work as part of larger project delivery teams to deliver new services and enhance existing services. Your role will span across all of the project lifecycles including (but not be limited to) design influence infrastructure build test environment support and implementation deliverables and support.

What youll be doing

• Working closely with other Technology staff and 3^rd parties
• Collaborating with project teams to ensure that change within the environment is managed and controlled effectively.
• 3^rd line support of enterprise services delivered to Virgin Money internal and external customers.
• Manage the patching lifecycle including scheduling deployment and verification.
• The role holder will have a level of responsibility for identifying analysing quantifying and communicating technical risk within the banks on premise & cloud platforms.
• The role may require occasional evening or weekend work for patch deployment system upgradeschanges.
• Working closely with 1^st and 2^nd tier support teams to deliver a professional effective enterprise support offering.
• Supporting and implementation deliverables and support.
• Project lifecycles including (but not be limited to) design influence infrastructure build and test
• Out of Hours On-call rota duties 24/7 cover

We need you to have

• Experience in IT security system administration or a similar role with a focus on security patch management and system upgrades
• Demonstrated experience in scripting and automation (e.g. PowerShell Python) to streamline patching and upgrade processes.
• Experience supporting Windows Server Operating System (Install Configure Manage)
• Experience supporting Active Directory (Install Configure Manage)
• Experience of support and management of Windows Networking Technologies (DNS TCP/IP DHCP)
• Demonstrated experience using MS Failover Clustering (Install Configure Manage)
• Management and experience administering Infoblox
• Management and experience administering VMWare including upgrades and patching
• Demonstrated experience administering SCCM (Install Configure Manage) & SCOM
• Experience supporting McAfee ePO
• Experience supporting Trend Micro DSM
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles vulnerability management and system optimisation.
• Experience of working in a highly governed and controlled IT environment

Its a bonus if you have but not essential

• Possess a MCSA/MCSE Certification
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and drive change in a collaborative manner.

The extras youll get

• 25 days holiday per year which increases over time to 30. Plus an option to buy more giving you even more choice.
• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pensionto help you build a strong foundation for retirement.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death.
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

If were lucky to receive a lot of interest we may close the advert early please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.

Were all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of theNationwide grouptogether were the UKs first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer more rewarding and for the good of society. With us youll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative customer obsessed and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays enjoy fantastic perks and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.

Be yourself at Virgin Money

At Virgin Money we celebrate everyone. We have fun think big and relentlessly include each other all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking but fairer more rewarding and for the good of society.Were committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute speak up and be heard.

As a Disability Confident Leader were committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application contact our Talent Acquisition team

Its important to note that there may be occasions where its not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants.

Now the legal bit
Although some of our roles allow you to be based anywhere in the UK well need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If youre successful in securing a role with us there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime it requires enhanced pre-employment checks well ask for six years of regulatory references and once in the role youll be subject to periodic employment checks.